Wednesday 1st April 2026

Opinion

I was wrong. Oxford needs a ‘reading’ week.

In passing, friends often bemoan how their partners at other universities get a week off, mid-term, to, in essence, prat around. The deified ‘reading week’. I have always held...

The Schwarzman Centre is a commercial venture, not a place of learning

Schwarzman's donation was meant to revitalise study of the humanities. But with cramped libraries and cramped faculties, it's closer to a death knell.

CalSoc misses the ‘Reel’ point

During my first week in Oxford, I stumbled upon a Scottish third year in...

‘Studentification’ is hollowing out Oxford

When redevelopment becomes synonymous with displacement, we must ask what kind of city is being constructed alongside the University.

A response from RAG

Oxford RAG is doing well, and will do better

Watching the detectives

David Gilbertson QPM is a former Deputy Assistant Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police and author of 'The Strange Death of Constable George Dixon: Why the Police Have Stopped Policing'

We don’t need no…

Robin McGhee delivers some radical ideas on spending cuts

It’s the students what won it

'Sensationalist tabloid coverage can’t cut our education campaign'

F**king the government with a small g

Oliver Moody is happy to meet Michael Crick, political editor of Newsnight and BBC's hitman hack

5 Minute Tute: Benjamin Britten

Simon Whalley, Fellow in Music at Keble and Britten specialist, discusses why Benjamin Britten is such a titan of twentieth-century British classical music composers.

5 Minute Tute: Japanese Politics

Dr. Ian Neary, University Lecturer in Japanese Politics, explains some things that you might need to know.

Channel tunnel vision

Chantal Hughes studied PPE at Oxford and now works for the European Commission Press Service. She explains why bright graduates should consider Europe.

Could we have a word, Lord Hurd?

Robin McGhee and Oliver Moody are pleasantly surprised by the wily Tory charms of Douglas Hurd

Making History

Tim Wigmore on how he would redesign the school history curriculum

In defence of today’s literature

Fay Lomas implores us not to underestimate what modern literature has to offer

The week that was: Phil Woolas scandal

Winning a marginal by messy means doesn't always pay

What the mid-terms really mean

Why the political climate isn't as good for the Republicans as many seem to believe.

Women still the second sex

Alice Thomas, History finalist at Wadham, explains why the coalition needs to think big in Gender Equality week.

Tom Bradby: the next Nick Robinson

The 'anti-activist' talks to James Weston about living dangerously and the guilt of generation Clegg

The week that was: Anti-Browne Protests

What happened? Thursday. The High Street. Quietly bustling with tourists. Brasenose and Univites work solidly beneath the towering spires of All Soul's. Suddenly (it was...

5 Minute Tute: The Brazilian election

Professor Timothy Power, Director of the Oxford University Latin American Centre, explains the mechanics behind the Brazilian presidential election.

Protestors? Pah

Tea, history and football are three things that Britain is world-renowned for. As I sat doing some history in Brasenose Library last Thursday, it...

Obama can’t breathe easy

'As an independent, it's obvious this is a pivotal election' says Alyssa Grossbard

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